The Reverend Professor Edward Bailey is the editor of Implicit Religion: Journal of the Centre for the study of Implicit Religion and Contemporary Spirituality. He initiated the formal study of Implicit Religion (secular faith) in 1968, and is Visiting Professor of it at the Universities of Middlesex and of Staffordshire, and now of Glyndwr. He has published academic pieces in both Religious Studies and Social Science journals and volumes.
From 1970 to 2006 he was Rector of Winterbourne in the Diocese of Bristol, where he was also involved in a number of other activities. He has taught Implicit Religion at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and spoken at other universities and conferences in North America and Europe, and in India, China, Japan and New Zealand. Married with 3 adult children and two grandchildren he is also Honorary Assistant Chaplain at St John's College, Oxford.
The 33rd Denton Conference in Implicit Religion will be held at Denton Hall, Ilkley, Yorkshire, 7-9 May 2010.
